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Published by The MIT Press, USA & London, 1988
Seller: BOOKMARK, Auckland, New Zealand
First Edition
Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Dark beige cloth on boards with gilt titles. Foot of boards edges with thin ex-book cover residue. Thin bumping to foot of spine. Edges: mild foxing and soiling. Ffep & refp bottom forecorner with thin residue. Clean contents. Illustrated with drawings. Binding is As New. 442p Dj: very faint dusting of soiling. Paperthin light residue to bottom edge. Couple of chips to top-edge.
Published by MIT Press, Cambridge & London, 1988
ISBN 10: 0262010992ISBN 13: 9780262010993
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American Edition. First modern translation into English of this classic of architectural theory, originally published in Latin in 1486; Alberti's attempt to supercede the authority of Vitruvius, whose ideas had been the core of architectural thought for over a millenium. Includes a contextual introduction by Rykwert, Alberti's chapters on planning & site selection ('Lineaments'), materials & construction, public works, ornamentation, & restoration, notes, bibliography, glossary. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Book shows light wear, minor fading; jacket, a little off-center, shows light rubbing, minor edgewear, discoloration to rear panel from being shelved next to a leatherbound book for quite a few years. Text clean; xxiii, [5], 442 pages; index, illustrations from the 1550 Italian edition of Bartoli. Size: Quarto.